“I do think what today will do is help narrow the field, we need to get to a one-on-one battle with Donald Trump”, Cruz continued.
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But three primaries have happened since then, and Trump has won them all. Texas is one of several states holding primary elections Tuesday, and if no one candidate wins more than half of the vote, the state’s Republican party will allocate its 155 delegates proportionally to candidates who draw at least 20 percent.
The senator was introduced by some heavy hitters including Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and former Governor Rick Perry. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a Cruz ally, served to emphasize Cruz needs a win – and a big one.
Interviews with more than two dozen voters in Texas suggest that Trump’s anti-immigration platform – which includes building a Mexico-funded border wall and deporting millions of illegal immigrants – could present Cruz’s biggest weakness against the real estate mogul.
Asked to respond to Cruz’s charges on the Second Amendment, the Rubio campaign said the Texas senator was lying. “It’s not that we don’t want (immigrants) here”, said Neil, the Trump supporter.
The campaign – which once talked of tallying victories across the South – now feels the most confident about notching a win in Cruz’s home state of Texas, where he held rallies in Dallas, San Antonio and his hometown of Houston on Monday. Yet Trump’s endorsement Sunday by Sen. And the candidate said he believes that the race will come down to him and Trump and that he is not preparing for a contested Republican National Convention in July – a possibility highlighted by Rubio’s campaign.
Cruz says it will be a two-person race after tomorrow’s results. “At the end of tomorrow, Donald Trump is in all likelihood going to have a good chunk of delegates”.
However, Mr Trump’s business profile may attract support in a state that has seen widespread job losses due to falling world oil prices. And we are, I believe, going to have a big chunk of delegates. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) with 16 percent and Cruz with 15 percent. Both the Florida senator and retired neurosurgeon have yet to win a state. In the wake of it all, some of Cruz’s most prominent surrogates were publicly calling for the campaign to rethink its strategy and focus on knocking Trump rather than Rubio. And now there is Super Tuesday.
“The odds are if the only state he wins is Texas, I think he will begin a death spiral”, Munisteri said.
In Tennessee, Clinton leads Sanders with 60 percent of potential votes among likely Democratic primary voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate or who voted by absentee ballot.
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On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads U.S. Sen.
